15 12, 2014

5 Reasons Ski Racers Don’t Do Mental Training

By | December 15th, 2014|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

Over the many years that I’ve been working in the field of sport psychology, I have championed the benefits of mental training for our sport to thousands of ski racers. This work has ranged from talks to junior programs to ongoing consulting with individual athletes and teams. As many of you know from my dozens [...]

8 12, 2014

Battle the Course, Not Yourself

By | December 8th, 2014|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Ski racing has become a combat sport in which you’re armored from head to toe and carrying weapons (razor sharp ski edges as swords and pointy ski poles for spears) to do battle against the course, terrain, snow conditions, and weather. You are also doing battle against the other racers in the field. Unfortunately, too [...]

3 10, 2014

Ski Racers, Get Up to Speed for This Season: A Review

By | October 3rd, 2014|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Hopefully, you’ve spent the summer getting ready for this winter of racing. If so, you should be stronger, better technically, and more mentally prepared than ever before. You're now entering the final stage of preparations for the upcoming race season with a final period of conditioning followed by getting back on snow and tuning up [...]

16 04, 2014

In Ski Racing, Next Season Starts…NOW!

By | April 16th, 2014|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Note: This article is an encore presentation of an article that never gets old. The race season is finally over. After a long and demanding winter, you're probably tired of skiing (regardless of whether the season was a triumph or a disappointment). It's time to hang up your skis, pack away your gear, kick back, [...]

5 02, 2014

Bode Being Bode…Again: 6 Lessons Worth Learning

By | February 5th, 2014|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Are you really surprised that Bode Miller has begun this Olympic season with such success? Three World Cup podiums to start off the season? In one way, I am really surprised, while in another way, I’m not at all surprised. I’m surprised for several reasons. First, Bode is not, by ski racing standards, a young [...]